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    Editorial: Sure, reduce pot taxes. But California needs bigger fixes to its broken marijuana market

    by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times May 24, 2022 2 minutes
    Marijuana growing in a steel-frame greenhouse in Carpinteria, California.

    More than five years after Californians voted to legalize marijuana, the vast majority of pot sold in the state still comes from illegal sellers. To help the floundering legal market, Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed tax relief in his May budget revision designed to reduce pot prices for three years and help struggling farmers and dispensary owners.

    Newsom wants to eliminate the cultivation tax, a flat per-pound fee

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